Singapore Merlion (Newbie)

[thesummit]

Hi all.. Please give comment to my photos, still newbie here.. Any comment/critique/suggestion will be very useful.. thank you

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By splendorspectacle at 2012-04-16

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By splendorspectacle at 2012-04-16

[msv83]

the bokeh scene behind the merlion is very great but you are unable to present it. If you would like to capture the bokeh together with the merlion, you need to set the ISO from atleast 400 and above together with a Flash light,with a prime lens such as 50mm F1.8 with aperture set to F1.8 and shutter speed set to 1/30 to produce a great colorfull bokeh, by the way, please bring a long the tripod with you for night photography,Thanks.

[thesummit]

the bokeh scene behind the merlion is very great but you are unable to present it. If you would like to capture the bokeh together with the merlion, you need to set the ISO from atleast 400 and above together with a Flash light,with a prime lens such as 50mm F1.8 with aperture set to F1.8 and shutter speed set to 1/30 to produce a great colorfull bokeh, by the way, please bring a long the tripod with you for night photography,Thanks.

noted..
thanks for the advice

[thesummit]

This is the settings of my camera when I'm taking the picture..
all Picture taken with Canon 5D Mk II
Pict 1 :
ISO400
Lens 24-105 @35mm
F5
Shutter Speed 1/3

Pict 2 :
ISO400
Lens 24-105 @35mm
F4
Shutter Speed 1/3s

actually i bring my 50 f1.2 at that time, but because I'm in hurry thus i don't have enough time to change lenses..
thanks for the advice anyway

[MGohzxc]

You can shoot a bit earlier with a blue sky instead of the dark sky... keep going and will improve....